Mango Bob

Reference that form SF1199A.  How about I get social security, I am retired US Army and I am also Civil Service Retirement.   Do I submit three of them since I can't check more than one?

Effective 1 Apr 19 Bangkok Bank will not be doing ACH any more.   Read this page https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Other-Services/Transfers/Transferring-Into-Thailand/Transfer-money-from-US-to-Thailand-via-Bangkok-Bank-NewYork-branch

Most banks are not doing the International ACH.  I know mine and many other banks are not.  Check this out it starts soon.

I wonder if the new visa changed could have anything to do with it.   Are you happy now Big Joke?

This is the real reason that 90 old guy has to leave Thailand.    Now they took all his products and profits from him.  How is he to survive. 

I hope Big Joke is proud of himself.   

I got an idea lets just start all over again and let those embassies issue income letters just like before and forget how you made a fool of yourself here BJ.

17 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Ubonjoe has already explained this and a contact I have at Immigration confirms.

At your next extension, you bring in your bank book statement to confirm.

Not at the 90 day report.

 

So your bank statement must show around a year worth of data?

2 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Bring your bank book with you on 90 day reporting??? with a bank letter???

???

My 90 day report would b Aug 2019  my extension of stay is Jul 19.   That doesn't make any sense.    If you don't know don't say anything stupid.

Correct if you use the 65000 per month transferred here each month you don't have to put up with this crap  Just disregard.

So no one really knows what the procedure will be to show that you have the money in the bank for 3 months after your extension of stay or 400,000 after the three months are up until 2 months prior to the next extension is due.   As always no rules just let each immigration office do what they want to do instead of putting out instruction on how it will be done.   The Big Joke has really no idea what is going on in immigration along with all of his IO

Just now, steve187 said:

you know that for a fact

Yes, I do.  Do you got a problem with that?   Just too damn bad.

We are doing all the crap because of the American and British Embassies.   If they continued to give the letter none this crap would have happened.   Thank you, Trump and May.  You two belong together along with Big Joke.

So after your extension is approved and you have to come back three months later, how will this work?   Will they give an appointment to return.  Will your visa extension not be approved until you come back three months later.   Will you have to do this again to show you have more than 400,000 a few months later.   Will I need a bank letter every time to go to immigration in the future.   Why is this not a law?   The reason it is not a law is so each IO can make up their own rules.  What a bunch of stupid idiots running this establishment.  Fire them all using 44.

So when you come back 3 months later will you again need a second letter from the bank and your bankbook updates to show the 800,000 baht.  Just doubting the work for us and the banks.  This sounds like a stupid big joke.

4 minutes ago, Buffy Frobisher said:

Depending on where you are, you might be able to, as we did, get the water guys from the Water Department to come around and find the leak for you. I'm in Bang Khen in Bangkok and had the same problem as you, and they turned up with these long listening devices that they poked around the house with and were able to "hear" where the underground leak was. Took them all of about 15 mins to find it, and from memory we slung 'em 500 baht and everyone was happy.

Thanks for the information.  That line goes to our whole house including under cement and tile walkway from the pump into the house.

7 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

You don't have a valve after the pump to close?

If you close it and the pump still goes on is within the pump.

 

A "popular" leak that is hard to detect is the toilet flush.

Water slowly dripping from the small tank to the bowl.

Close the valve (which should always be there for such connection).

 

EDIT: grollies was 0.5 sec faster

I do have a turn off valve after the pump.  I will give that a try tomorrow when no one else is home.  Also, a good idea to turn off the toilet value, (4 of them in the house) but I still don't think it is the toilet.  

Anyone else has more advice please let me know.   

I have a Mitsubishi 205Q2 water pump and a very big tank for the water supply.   Recently the pump turns on about every 17 minutes and pumps for around 6 seconds.   I have check everything looking for a leak and can not find one.  Could this be a problem with the water pump?  I have opened the two Plugs to make sure no air inside.  But don't know what to do from here.   Any Advice??????

Once you get your new passport you need to go and get the visa transferred to your need passport.  At that point they will update your 1 year extension.

1 hour ago, punworthy said:

Since I can no longer get an income letter from the US Embassy, then what kind of bank statement is required at the bank to comply with the monthly income method? I transfered >65,000 baht this month thru the Bangkok Bank ACH system from my US account and it says "FTT" on my bankbook and online it says "Foreign Transfer."  I will do this every month until my next application in December. I have read I have to get a 12-month annual statement and produce a letter from the bank confirming this.

 

But Bangkok Bank has said they can only produce a 6-month history, not 12 months. It says this online, too.

 

I went to the Silom head office and got this information from several staff. What kind of statement is this called? Dreading a trip to LakSi just to ask this, just not getting an understanding at some branches. There's a Bangkok Bank down the stairs at immigration. Surely they would know. Any info helpful. 

Sorry to inform you but effect 1 Apri 2019 Bangkok Bank will only accept International ACH.  I asked my bank in the US about it and they inform me they will not be doing international ACH transactions.  You should check with your bank on this.

Read this fro Bangkok Bank:

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Advice to senders using US bank internet banking services

If you have a U.S. bank account, you can conveniently transfer funds to a recipient's bank account at Bangkok Bank in Thailand via the internet by completing the steps described below for an international ACH transaction (IAT). International ACH payments are processed in accordance with operating rules and formats developed by the Electronic Payments Association (NACHA).

The IAT is a special code (a Standard Entry Class or “SEC” Code) for ACH payments that enables financial institutions such as Bangkok Bank to identify and monitor international ACH payments and to perform screening to ensure compliance with Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC, U.S. Department of the Treasury) requirements.  The NACHA  rules require Bangkok Bank’s New York Branch which serves as intermediary, to ensure that payments that are transmitted to account of beneficiary in other country are appropriately classified as IATs and contain information as described below.

Bangkok Bank, New York Branch, is required to receive the ACH transactions in the required IAT format.  This means that we must require that senders who wish to transmit funds to recipients at Bangkok Bank in Thailand to provide certain identifying information.

Instructions

To initiate a such an international transaction , using internet banking when you log on to your bank in U.S. website, please select the International ACH and provide the following information to your bank:

Your name and physical address in Thailand

Your bank account number and the name and address of your Bangkok Bank Branch in Thailand

The 9-digit routing number 026008691 of Bangkok Bank New York Branch, which acts as intermediary in the transaction. 

Important Note: 

As some bank in U.S. may not provide the International ACH thorough their internet banking, please contact your bank on how to process your transfer.

Once Bangkok Bank’s New York branch receives the payment with the appropriate IAT format, they will process your payment to Bangkok Bank in Thailand for further credit to a recipient's bank account at Bangkok Bank in Thailand.

With effective from April 1, 2019, New York branch only process ACH with appropriate IAT format and all non-IAT transactions will be returned.       

Bangkok Bank in Thailand will be able to credit the recipient’s account in Thailand only when the name and account number of the recipient in your transfer instruction from the banks in the U.S. matches the recipient’s name and account number at Bangkok Bank.
 

If you wish to inquire more information, please contact Bangkok Bank, New York on (1-212) 422-8200 or e-mail [email protected]

8 hours ago, farangx said:

And what if you transfer the money by Transferwise converted from USD to Thai baht into your Thai bank here.  Will it still be an international transfer?

 

Of course, it is an international transfer.  As long as the money comes from my bank in American into my bank in Thailand.   You people read to much into this stuff.    

2 hours ago, farangx said:

And what if you transfer the money by Transferwise converted from USD to Thai baht into your Thai bank here.  Will it still be an international transfer?

 

It doesn't matter.   It is my money that was transferred from my bank in the US and was deposited in My Bank in Thailand.  Baht or dollars it is still my money and it still comes here from New York to Bangkok and that makes it International and TI isn't going to care less about it.